Article of chewing-gum.



No. 810,210. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906. B. A. LAWS.

ARTICLE OF CHEWING GUM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1905.

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am ms UNITED STATES PATENT o EIoE- BENJAMIN A. LAWS, OF PITTSBURG. PENNSYLVANIA. ARTICLE oF CHEWING-GUM,

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented aTan. 1c, 1906.

Application filed Kay 10, 1905. Serial R" 259,661.

' full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specificatlon, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a piece of chewing-gum made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof.

. Difliculty has been experienced heretofore in the sale of chewin -gurn for the reason that the pieces of gum ave a tendency to become hard and brittle, in which condition they are no longer agreeable and do not find a ready sale. I have discovered that this difcan be avoided by putting up the chewing-gum in small hollow pieces or cakes, the cavities beingfilled with a liquid or semiliquid, such as a paste or jelly, vwhich will keep the piece of gum in its natural moist and plastic condition for a long time. I prefer to employ as such li uid a fruit syrup, which can be flavored as esired.

In the practice of my invention I make the piece of chewing-gum preferably in the form of a hollow tube, which I then fill with the liquid or semiliquid substance, preferably first coating the interior of the tubewith but-, ter or such moisture-resisting substance as will render the absorption of the liquid by the.

gum very slow. The chewing-gum is made in the usual way, having as its base a gum, such as chicle or spruce gum, insoluble in water, mixed with wax and sugar, &c., the whole being worked into a plastic condition.

In the drawings," 2 represents the hollow piece of chewing-gum, and 3 the liquid or semiliquid filling a ove mentioned.

4 represents the interior coating of butter, which I prefer to apply.

Within the scope of my invention modifications may be made, since What I claim is v 1. As a new article of manufacture, a piece of chewing-gum having a base of gum insoluble in water, said piece having a cavity therein charged with a li uid or semiliquid substance, the interior o the cavity being lined with a moisture-resisting material; substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a piece of chewing-gum having a base of gum insoluble in water, said piece having a cavity there in charged with a li uid or semiliquid'sub stance, the interior 0 the cavity being lined with a fatty matter; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

BENJAMIN A. LAWS. Witnesses:

JOHN MILLER, H. M. OoRwnL. 

